The Medal of Honor series is back and it looks better than ever.  The new game will be set in Afghanistan following an elite group of solders codenamed “Tier 1″.

“Operating directly under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors are called on when the mission must not fail. They are the Tier 1 Operators.”

From the look of the two trailers that recently appeared online, the game is set to be pretty epic. I for one am very excited about the rebirth of this franchise and you should be too! Check out the trailer and tell me your not pumped for October 15th release.

This is what Bungie and Microsoft have been building up to? Late last night Bungie released a much hyped live-action trailer for Halo: Reach and I for one am not impressed.  First off the trailer is suppose to be about the physical augmentations a person must go through before becoming a Spartan, in the trailer “Carter” (future leader of Noble Team) is stuck with some needles and pumped full of this blue stuff. Now if that’s all you have to go through, sign me up! However being a fan of the franchise I know  that’s just the tip of the iceberg, in the novel “Fall of Reach”  master chief  had to go through a whole list of procedures before becoming a spartan, many of which maimed or even killed the other candidates. I expected a lot more from this trailer, compared to the awesomeness of the  ODST live-action promotion this is a chick flick.

That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since the beta was announced in early February. To this day no luck… that is until I found out that Gamestop is now giving away beta keys when you pre-order Starcraft 2.  No longer do you have to stalk starcraft on facebook or attempt any of the hundreds of “giveaway” contests around the web,  just 5 bucks and your in! So…what are you waiting for? go pre-order your copy and ill see you on Battle.net.

The PlayStation 3 motion controller was officially dubbed “PlayStation Move” at today’s Game Developer’s Conference. The new motion controller will be made available this fall and will be bundled in three different ways: with a console and PlayStation Eye, with just PlayStation Eye and by itself. The bundle that comes with PlayStation Eye will be available for under $100, and there will be many different games for different audiences available at launch.

PlayStation move is true 1:1 motion tracking, and can be used dually for games requiring the use of things like a Sword and Shield. Fighting games can also be played with two Move controllers so you can fight with both hands. The PlayStation Eye will also track your movement, as it always has, and work together with PlayStation Move to provide an engrossing motion experience.

Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, reiterated today at GDC that PlayStation Move will “enhance” your current PS3 gaming experience, and does not have to “replace it completely.” There will be family games, party games and hardcore games that will make use of the new controller, however the games you have come to love that do not make use of motion control will be available with an option for both PlayStation Move (in most cases) or just DualShock 3.

Expect PlayStation Move to hit this Fall.

If you’re an avid Game Informer reader, you’re in for a treat with next month’s issue. Valve has confirmed that Portal 2 is in development, and scheduled for release this year. The game has been teased in the last week or so via some clever Morse code hints and a brand new ending to the first Portal game. While there are not many details as of yet, Game Informer will have a 12-page cover story on Portal 2 including game mechanics, new twists and some of the story.

No word yet if Valve is considering PS3 development, but you can bet on Portal 2 gracing your computer and Xbox 360 sometime later this year.

For the full story at Game Informer, click here.

SOCOM 4 has just been unveiled on the PlayStation Blog by Sr. Community Manager at Zipper Interactive, Jeremy Dunham. SOCOM has always been a PlayStation powerhouse in the past, many regarding SOCOM 3 on the PlayStation 2 as one of the best online titles of the last generation.

For more information on the game and some screens, head over to the PlayStation Blog or IGN.com, who got a chance to see the game first hand.

“[The artwork] depicts a scene from a game concept I’ll be pitching at this year’s GDC,” explains McGee. “If we’re lucky, an interested publisher will help us move it into production. It’s an idea that [Spicy Horse art director] Ken Wong and I have been toying with for years.”

Fingers crossed a good publisher comes by to work with Spicy Horse on this one… I want it!

American McGee Shows Off Little Red Riding Hood Concept [GameSetWatch]

Bungie’s pearly gates opened up early this morning and out popped a beautiful new trailer for Halo: Reach. The trailer shows off the new multiplayer for the May 3rd beta, which I got to say looks stunning. New modes like Headhunter and Invasion along with 3rd person assassinations, diving rolls, and a vast array of new weapons and powerups are just a few of the things that the beta testers can look forward to. If you watch this and want to get into the Halo: Reach beta, like I did, all you have to do is buy a new copy of  Halo: ODST which comes with the code to download it on May 3rd. Enjoy.